Download Bachelor of Science in Agriculture – Plant Biotechnology Program

Bachelor of Science in Agriculture – Plant Biotechnology Program
Requirements
Faculty Core
Degree Core
Program Core
Restricted Electives
Free Electives
Total Credit Hours
Credit Hours (CH)
39
9
24
21
27
120
Faculty Core (Required)
Course
Course Name
ABIZ 1000
Introduction to Agribusiness Management
AGRI 1500
Natural Resources and Primary Agricultural Production
AGRI 1510
Production, Distribution and Utilization of Agricultural Products
AGRI 2030
Technical Communications
BIOL 1020
Biology 1: Principles and Themes
BIOL 1030
Biology 2: Biological Diversity, Function and Interactions
CHEM 1300
University 1 Chemistry: Structure and Modelling in Chemistry
CHEM 1310
University 1 Chemistry: An Introduction to Physical Chemistry
or
CHEM 1320
University 1 Chemistry: An Introduction to Organic Chemistry
STAT 1000
Basic Statistical Analysis 1
ECON 1010
Introduction to Microeconomic Principles
ECON 1020
Introduction to Macroeconomic Principles
One Math Course from the following:
MATH 1200 Elements of Discrete Mathematics
MATH 1210 Techniques of Classical and Linear Algebra
MATH 1300 Vector Geometry and Linear Algebra
MATH 1310 Matrices for Management and Social Sciences
MATH 1500 Introduction to Calculus
MATH 1520 Introductory to Calculus for Management and Social Sciences
One Philosophy Course from the following:
PHIL 1290
Critical Thinking
PHIL 2740
Ethics and Biomedicine
PHIL 2750
Ethics and the Environment
PHIL 2830
Business Ethics
Total Credit Hours
Degree Core (Required)
Course
Course Name
AGEC 2370/ Principles of Ecology
BIOL 2300
CHEM 2770/ Elements of Biochemistry 1
MBIO 2770
PLNT 2520/
Genetics
BIOL 2500
Total Credit Hours
CH
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
39
CH
3
3
3
9
Plant Biotechnology Core (Required)
Course
Course Name
BIOL 2242
The Flowering Plants
BIOL 2260
Biology of Fungi and Lichens
BIOL 2520
Cell Biology
CHEM 2780/ Elements of Biochemistry 2
MBIO 2780
MBIO 1010
Microbiology 1
PLNT 2530
Plant Biotechnology
PLNT 3400/
Plant Physiology
BIOL 3400
PLNT 4600
Issues in Agricultural Biotechnology
Total Credit Hours
Restricted Electives
Group 1 - Two courses from the following:
ANSC 2500
Animal Production
ANSC 4410/ Grassland Agriculture: Plant, Animal and Environment
PLNT 4410
ENTM 3170
Crop Protection Entomology
PLNT 2500
Crop Production
PLNT 2510
Fundamentals of Horticulture
PLNT 3540
Weed Science
Group 2 – Five Courses from the following:
PLNT 3520
Principles of Plant Improvement
PLNT 3570
Fundamentals of Plant Pathology
PLNT 4310
Introductory Plant Genomics
PLNT 4330
Intermediate Plant Genetics
PLNT 4550
Developmental Plant Biology
PLNT 4560
Secondary Plant Metabolism
PLNT 4570
Research Methods in Plant Pathology
PLNT 4580
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
PLNT 4590
Physiology of Crop Plants
PLNT 4610
Bioinformatics
Total Credit Hours
Free Electives
CH
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
24
CH
6
15
21
27 CH
Suggested Progression of Plant Biotechnology Program:
Year 1
Course
Course Name
AGRI 1500
Natural Resources and Primary Agricultural Production
AGRI 1510
Production, Distribution and Utilization of Agricultural Products
BIOL 1020
Biology 1: Principles and Themes
BIOL 1030
Biology 2: Biological Diversity, Function and Interactions
CHEM 1300
University 1 Chemistry: Structure and Modelling in Chemistry
CHEM 1310
University 1 Chemistry: An Introduction to Physical Chemistry
or
CHEM 1320
University 1 Chemistry: An Introduction to Organic Chemistry
STAT 1000
Basis Statistical Analysis 1
Or
Or
Elective
Elective
ECON 1010
Introduction to Microeconomic Principles
ECON 1020
Introduction to Macroeconomic Principles
One Math Course from the following:
MATH 1200
Elements of Discrete Mathematics
MATH 1210
Techniques of Classical and Linear Algebra
MATH 1300
Vector Geometry and Linear Algebra
MATH 1310
Matrices for Management and Social Sciences
MATH 1500
Introduction to Calculus
MATH 1520
Introductory to Calculus for Management and Social Sciences
Total Credit Hours
Year 2
Course
Course Name
BIOL 2242
The Flowering Plants
BIOL 2262
Biology of Fungi and Lichens
CHEM 2770/
Elements of Biochemistry 1
MBIO 2770
CHEM 2780/
Elements of Biochemistry 2
MBIO 2780
BIOL 2520
Cell Biology
PLNT 2520/
Genetics
BIOL 2500
PLNT 2530
Plant Biotechnology
AGRI 2030
Technical Communications
Restricted/Free Electives/Philosophy
Total Credit Hours
Year 3
Course
Course Name
ABIZ 1000
Introduction to Agribusiness Management
AGEC 2370/
Principles of Ecology
BIOL 2300
MBIO 1010
Microbiology 1
PLNT 3400/
Plant Physiology
BIOL 3400
STAT 1000
Basis Statistical Analysis 1
Or
Or
Elective if
Elective if taken in Year One
taken in Year
One
Restricted/Free Electives/Philosophy
Total Credit Hours
Year 4
Course
Course Name
CH
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
30
CH
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
6
30
CH
3
3
3
3
3
15
30
CH
PLNT 4600
Issues in Agricultural Biotechnology
Restricted/Free Electives/Philosophy
Total Credit Hours
3
27
30